Election outcomes unchanged after canvass

Democratic state Rep. Frank Farina’s road to a second term became a little easier Tuesday.

The official canvass of the May 20 primary election in Lackawanna County found no candidate received the 300 write-in votes needed to win the Republican nomination in the 112th District.

That means Mr. Farina, of Jessup, who defeated state Rep. Kevin Haggerty and former Valley View School Board member Bob Munley for the Democratic nomination in the 112th, will have no Republican opposition in the November general election.

Director of elections Marion Medalis said a tally of the GOP write-ins cast in the district showed Mr. Farina with 159 votes, Mr. Munley with 110 and Mr. Haggerty with 95. Another 86 votes were spread among multiple candidates.

Write-in votes also produced several ties for Democratic and Republican district committee posts that will need to be sorted out, she said.

In another race of interest, the canvass found the ballot question on changing the county’s form of government from a three-commissioner to an executive-council structure failed by a final vote of 25,376 to 18,845, Mrs. Medalis said.

She said any candidate who wants a recanvass of the primary results has until Monday to file a petition in county court.

The board of elections is expected to meet in mid-June to certify the outcome.

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